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PHIPA: Past, Present, Future

Ontario’s health privacy act came into effect a decade ago, and since then our office has worked to uphold its principles by issuing decisions, guidelines and training materials for health information custodians. The Personal Health Information Protection Act ( PHIPA) is now recognized as a gold...

Published on Oct 26, 2015

Submission to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly: E-Petitions

Earlier today the Commissioner appeared before the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly to provide advice on the integration of e-petitions into the Assembly’s existing petition procedures. His submission discusses the benefits of e-petitions, including how they can support open and...

Published on Oct 21, 2015

How to Access Your Police-Held Records

Members of the public have the right to request records containing their personal information from the Ontario Provincial Police or a municipal police service. Individuals who make these requests may have, for example, played a role in a suspected offence, been involved in a call for service or some...

Published on Oct 14, 2015

Guidelines for the Use of Video Surveillance

Many institutions turn to video surveillance to help them fulfil their obligations to protect the safety of individuals and the security of their equipment and property. Video footage captured by cameras is regularly used to assist in the investigation of wrongdoing. However, the use of these...

Published on Oct 6, 2015

Reaching Out to Ontario, Sault Ste Marie

On Sept. 25, 2015, the IPC was at Sault Area Hospital for a Reaching Out to Ontario event marking Right to Know Week. Commissioner Brian Beamish spoke about the ongoing evolution to more transparent and accountable government, Assistant Commissioners David Goodis and Sherry Liang discussed...

Published on Oct 5, 2015

Right to Know Week: Ontarians Must Know the Cost of Public Sector Contracts

Commissioner Brian Beamish on the benefits of open contracting: September 28 th marked the beginning of Right to Know Week, which annually raises awareness internationally of the public’s right to access government-held information and highlights the importance of freedom of information legislation...

Published on Oct 2, 2015

Join Us and CJFE for a Right to Know Day Twitter Chat

On Sept. 28, join us and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) for a chat about the power of Open Data and Access to Information. To mark Right to Know Day, we’ll be discussing and sharing examples of the important work journalists and citizens do that relies on data made available by...

Published on Sep 23, 2015

Why Institutions Should Embrace Proactive Disclosure of Procurement Records

Access rights rely on both the public’s right to request government-held information and the government’s commitment to making information freely available. Proactive disclosure is the release of information in anticipation of the public’s needs and interests and is a key Open Government practice...

Published on Sep 21, 2015

Proposed Legislation Will Increase Health Privacy

On Sept. 16, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Eric Hoskins introduced Bill 119 to improve accountability and transparency in the health care system and better protect patient privacy. If passed, the Health Information Protection Act would, among other things, require reporting of privacy...

Published on Sep 17, 2015

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